The Cipher of Roger Bacon
eBook - PDF

The Cipher of Roger Bacon

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Cipher of Roger Bacon

About this book

The story of the discovery of the key of Bacon's system of ciphers and its application to the Voynich manuscript and other untranslated documents.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Plates
  3. Foreword
  4. I. The Forerunner of Modern Science
  5. II. The Voynich Cipher Manuscript of Roger Bacon: Sketch of Its History
  6. III. The Voynich Cipher Manuscript Of Roger Bacon: Sketch of Its Contents
  7. IV. The Principles of Roger Bacon's Cipher
  8. V. Following the Clues
  9. VI. The Derivation of the Biliteral Alphabets
  10. VII. The Script of the Shorthand Cipher
  11. VIII. Rules for Deciphering the Texts
  12. IX. The Interpretation of the Key
  13. X. The Annular Eclipse of 1290
  14. XI. The Great Nebula of Andromeda
  15. XII. The Comet of 1273
  16. XIII. Cato and Fulvius
  17. XIV. The Oxford Story
  18. XV. The Gunpowder Formula
  19. XVI. The Vatican Document
  20. XVII. The Paris Medical Text
  21. XVIII. The Formula for Producing Metallic Copper
  22. XIX. The Abbreviated Word about the Green Lion
  23. XX. The Tables of Values